Truth has always been paraded often in a bully's fashion that was unTruthful. It seems Truth was backed by the loud, the prejudiced, and the narrow-minded. Yet, Truth is the very honesty which sets a person free.
We always need it.
May we awaken to robust life. May we not revere Truth as a whip to be used on any who are too ignorant (our opinions) to read their Bibles. But, may we read our own from hearts hungry for His grace and mercy.
Michael Wells was very direct in pointing out that some Truth-Toters are, in reality, a defeated crew.
The defeated can be found among those who were baptized in the "proper" manner at the "proper" time, who are submitting to spiritual authorities, who lead shepherding groups, who have whole books memorized, who promote devotional and quiet times, who are tireless evangelists, who maintain levels of separation from the world, who make positive confessions, who read only the King James Version, who will not own a piano, and who have read all the good Christian books on parenting. We believe the words of Jesus, "You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" (John 8:32). Obviously, those things which we are mentioning are not the Truth, for those who practice them are not free.
From experience it seems that God continually whittles at our perspectives and standards to show us clearly which came from Him and which from man. We crave life. He craves to give it.
Could it be we are in the mix for increasingly living among the victorious as we learn to shed the walk of living among the defeated?
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